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Hairsplitting

noun
1.
Making too fine distinctions of little importance.  Synonym: word-splitting.





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"Hairsplitting" Quotes from Famous Books



... then, it may be asked, is all this hairsplitting? Why not leave untainted the conviction that our first and foremost business is to crush the enemy's battle-fleet, and that to this end our whole effort should be concentrated? The answer is to point to Nelson's dilemma. ...
— Some Principles of Maritime Strategy • Julian Stafford Corbett


Words linked to "Hairsplitting" :   precise, distinction, differentiation


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